The Davos 2008 question

News from the KaosPilots

Hi there, Matti, it is so great to hear all the connections behind the scenes!

I had Frederik visiting us in the selfHUB last week. He was a delegate at Imagine 2005. We had an interesting chat about transforming the German school system and I told him about the course on sustainability education in schools that I am excited about to start in January.

Speaking of Ursel, I have just discovered this piece by her on the KaosPilot Netherlands website:

“Something about last week and the coming one:

Our first marketing client assignment: exciting! Especially if it is about a topic I am personally really passionate about: How can a company bring about organisational change, especially when this change includes a buy-in into a rather different paradigm? And: how can this company sell their services if the service itself cannot be completely defined upfront but will develop with the process?
We are working for DeLimes, who do consultancy within the Rhinelandic economic philosophy, rather then the widespread Anglo-Saxon model. For me the rhinelandic philosophy goes much more along with human values, it gives space to personal development and offers a possibility for people to love what they are doing. Wouldn´t it be nice if you would wake up exited about going to work every day? If you would look at your job as doing something useful, something that fits into the bigger picture? Something that you not only like, but that also contributes to a world you want to live in? Most people choose their profession for this reason, but just as many forget during their daily work. It does not have to be this way!
It makes me proud to be able to play my small part in this vision. Doing this as a taks from school and learning at the same time is even more thrilling!

Cheers
Ursel”

Enjoy the Holidays and looking forward to see some of you again at Imagine 2008 in January!
FRAUKE

News from Stiftung Welt:Klasse

Hi imaginers,

as promised at our conference in February I’d like to give you some news about me and Stiftung Welt:Klasse project which I presented. It’s not a annoying obligation to do this: I’m happy to tell you, that the idea of Stiftung Welt:Klasse has become reality within the last year and we have really great feedback from the high school students which participated so far at our program in China and Thailand!! I’m happy that we’ve got sponsors, media reports and first awards…. but the most important is that the first students which went abroad came back with a lot of enthusiasm and positive energy!! It’s this feedback which motivates me enormously to go on with the project…

And also Imagine 2007 has it’s concrete impact on Stiftung Welt:Klasse: Ursel did a great job during summer to get started a partnership with a school in Bielefeld!! Thu Phong did amazing work preparing the 12 high school students for China! And finally Eva did the same for the students starting to Thailand

For detailed information you can have a look on www.stiftung-weltklasse.de (for the moment just in German)…  Or just contact me That’s it for the moment…

I wish you all merry christmas and an great and inspiring year 2008!!!

Best,
Matti